Teach Yourself Curtains Part 1 - a practical sewing guide for how to make curtains

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Teach Yourself Curtains Parts 1&2
		Our practical step-by-step Teach Yourself Guide to curtain making. This is a complete two part guide, with Part 1 covering the design, tracking and pole options, planning, measurement and estimation of materials. Part 2 focuses on the cutting out, making-up and hanging. This comprehensive guide teaches you how to make both lined and interlined curtains with taped and hand stitched headings and provides lots of handy tips for hanging and dressing the finished article for a truly professional finish. Price: £12.99 / $25.85

Overview

Over 50 pages of practical step-by-step instructions on curtain making!

With the help of Teach Yourself Curtains you'll no longer need to waste money on inadequate ready-made curtains or expensive made-to-measure solutions and will be able to create your own stunning window dressings in your own choice of fabrics and designs. The guide is designed to cater for all levels of experience so you don't need to be a sewing expert. The step-by-step instructions are supported by illustrations to guide you and practical instructions on how to complete all the necessary soft furnishings sewing techniques.

This unique guide now comes with free supplementary notes on how to make beautiful modern tab and eyelet headed curtains - click here to view this supplement free!

Our unique guide is great value for money and is provided as an immediate download after purchase, in Adobe PDF format, for you to read, print and re-use again and again.

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Contents

Teach Yourself Curtains Part 1

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Step 1 Consider the design	Location of the window Functional or decorative curtains Curtains alone or curtain and pelmet or valance combination Type of heading
Step 2 Choose the right tracking system or pole	Track and pole designs Hand drawn systems Pre-corded systems Metal or plastic Pole or track
Step 2 Choose the right tracking system or pole	Track and pole installation Track/batten configuration Pelmet board and track assembly system Pole installation Covered lathe
Step 3 Measuring and estimation of face fabric requirements	Measuring the window Taped headings - plain fabrics only Calculation of number of fabric widths required Calculation of total fabric required Taped headings - patterned fabrics Half drop pattern repeats Hand stitched headings Understand the definition of a hand stitched heading Pinch pleat heading Goblet and cartridge pleat heading
Step 4 Estimation of ancillary materials	Lining Interlining Tape/curtain buckram Weights Sewing thread

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